Newsletter May 2011 
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Wildland Fire Preparedness Featured Topic for May
As responders continue to battle wildfires in Texas, jurisdictions are reminded that wildfire season has begun. The combination of warm, dry weather and high winds contributes to the conditions that make wildland fires likely in any area.LLIS.gov works with the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center to provide firefighters, state and local governments, and other emergency responders with documents to help them plan for and respond to wildland fires. Available on the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned page, these documents include plans, guidelines, lessons learned, and after-action reports, such as: 
LLIS.gov Anniversary LLIS.gov Celebrates 7 Years
LLIS.gov was launched on April 19, 2004, with a press conference in Oklahoma City. The system has come a long way over the last seven years, but none of it would be possible without our dedicated members. The LLIS.gov team would like to thank everyone who has participated in helping LLIS.gov by contributing documents, expertise, feedback, and support. Without this help, the system could not have become the robust repository of nearly 19,000 homeland security and emergency management documents that it is today. Thank you!If you would like to contribute documents or feedback to support LLIS.gov's future growth, please log in and click on "Submit to LLIS.gov" in the left navigation bar. For more information, contact the LLIS.gov team at feedback@llis.dhs.gov.
National Level Exercise 2011 Major Federal Exercise This Month
National Level Exercise 2011, which is scheduled for May 16 - 20, will be a functional exercise with a major earthquake scenario. This exercise is designed to provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with a crucible to test Administrator Fugate's mission for the federal government to make decisions and take action within the first 72 hours of a major disaster that will have positive effect on life-saving and life-sustaining activities. In addition to FEMA, other participants include representatives from Regions IV, V, VI, and VII; Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky; the private sector; and non-governmental organizations. LLIS.gov supports the National Level Exercise through the Exercise Support System and other activities. For more information on LLIS.gov's participation, contact the team at exercise@llis.dhs.gov.
New Federal Initiatives Updated Directives
On March 30, 2011, President Obama released the Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8. This directive is aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation, including acts of terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters. The directive outlines a national preparedness goal, an integrated set of guidance programs known as the national preparedness system, and the roles and responsibilities of individuals involved in completing the associated tasks. It also calls for a national preparedness report to be completed in one year. In addition, DHS Secretary Napolitano launched a new National Terrorism Advisory System on April 19, 2011. As outlined in the National Terrorism Advisory System Public Guide, the new system replaces the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System with just two threat levels: Imminent Threat Alert and Elevated Threat Alert. Alerts will be communicated to the public through the DHS Web site, social networking Web sites, and other media. For more information on these and other federal guidance documents, please visit LLIS.gov.
New LLIS.gov Exclusive Content The LLIS.gov Team continues to post new Lessons Learned and Best Practices to the system on a regular basis. Weekly updates about new original content that is exclusive to LLIS.gov can be found in the NEW LLIS.GOV CONTENT tab on the LLIS.gov homepage. LLIS.gov recently posted the following exclusive documents:Lessons Learned
LLIS.gov Outreach 
The LLIS.gov Team travels around the country speaking and exhibiting at conferences and events. Recently, we exhibited during the 2011 Training and Exercise Conference at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD, the 2011 National Hurricane Conference in Atlanta, GA, and Partners in Emergency Preparedness in Tacoma, WA. Did you visit the LLIS.gov representatives at these events? Please share your feedback and comments with us by emailing outreach@llis.dhs.gov. This month, we are scheduled to participate in the event below. We hope to see you there!
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LLIS.gov Exclusive Content
- Critical Infrastructure: Acquiring Information About Infrastructure to Guide Flood Response Operations
- Incident Management: Establishing Procedures for Briefing Response Personnel Regularly on Complex HazMat Issues
- Interoperable Communications Planning: Conducting Planning Between Local Emergency Response Agencies and Higher Education Institutions
- School Emergency Planning: Including Public Information Material Distribution Procedures in Memoranda of Understanding
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According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there were wildfires in each state in 2010, which burned approximately 3,423,136 acres total. The most damaged state was Alaska, where fires burned 1,125,419 acres, and the least damaged was Rhode Island, where fires burned 23 acres. Jurisdictions throughout the country should prepare for the threat of wildfires this season.
- A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, Wildland Fire Leadership Council;
- Banner and Jesse Fires: Facilitated Learning Analysis Snag Incidents - August 26 and 27, 2010, USDA Forest Service;
- Incident Management Teams: Including Personnel with Local Knowledge During Response Operations, LLIS.gov exclusive Lesson Learned;
- Lives Lost- Lessons Learned: The Victims and Survivors of the 2005-2006 Texas and Oklahoma Wildfires, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center;
- Riverside County Health Agency Tabletop Exercise for People with Access and Functional Needs Draft After Action Report (AAR), Riverside County Community Health Agency;
- The Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 Report to Congress, Wildland Fire Leadership Council; and
- Wildfire Response: Issuing Identification to Volunteer and Private Firefighting Units, LLIS.gov exclusive Lesson Learned.
- Critical Infrastructure: Acquiring Information About Infrastructure to Guide Flood Response Operations (Iowa Summer Storms, 2008)
State emergency operations centers (SEOCs) should consider establishing processes to gather information about county and local critical infrastructure during flood events. This can help ensure that SEOC planning sections have the information necessary to plan for the next operational period. - Incident Management: Establishing Procedures for Briefing Response Personnel Regularly on Complex HazMat Issues (Anthrax Drum Circle Incident, New Hampshire, 2009)
Incident command should establish procedures for briefing emergency personnel regularly on complex hazardous materials (HazMat) issues during an incident. This can limit confusion and ensure that emergency personnel are knowledgeable about incident conditions throughout a HazMat response. - Interoperable Communications Planning: Conducting Planning Between Local Emergency Response Agencies and Higher Education Institutions (Northern Illinois University Shooting, 2008)
Higher education institutions and local emergency response agencies should consider collaborating to develop interoperable communications plans. This can help ensure efficient communication among response personnel from all agencies during an incident. - School Emergency Planning: Including Public Information Material Distribution Procedures in Memoranda of Understanding (Spencer, Massachusetts, Water Contamination, 2007)
School administrators should include procedures for public information material distribution into their memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with local emergency response agencies. This helps to ensure that school staff can receive and distribute critical information material to a student population after an incident.
- 03 - 05 May: 2011 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo sponsored by the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division in Grand Rapids, MI
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